OTTUMWA — Dakota Showman ran for two scores and connected with receivers Cody Carter and Cole Campbell for two more scores as the Cardinal football team took a 28-0 victory over Van Buren to open the season in non-district play on Friday.

Showman burst into the end zone from 69 yards to give the Comets their first score, and Cardinal never looked back. Scoring passes were from 35 yards to Carter and 66 yards out to Campbell, both coming in the third quarter.

“I was real impressed by our guys tonight,” said Cardinal coach Adam Hadenfeldt. “We played great team football. We had a bunch of guys step up and make plays.”

Showman finished with 129 yards rushing and 153 through the air, with Campbell catching two of those for 104 yards.

Cardinal (1-0) will host Danville next Friday.

Cardinal 28, Van Buren 0

Card         7    7    14    0    —    28

V.B.        0    0    0    0    —    0

Scoring By Quarters

First Quarter

Card — Dakota Showman 69-yard run (Jonathan Pedersen kick)

Second Quarter

Card — Showman 3-yard run (Pedersen kick)

Third Quarter

Card — Cody Carter 35-yard pass from Showman (Pedersen kick)

Card — Cole Campbell 66-yard pass from Showman (Pedersen kick)

CARDINAL TEAM STATISTICS

First downs 8; Rushes-yards 32-224; Passing yards 170; Total Yards 394; Comp-Att-Int 6-9-1; Return Yards 10; Penalties-Yds    17-134   

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CARDINAL

RUSHING — Showman 10-129, Tyler Albert 4-30.

PASSING — Showman 5-8-153, Ty Batterson 1-1 17.

RECEIVING — Campbell 2-104, Carter 1-35, Quinn Honomichl 1-17, Pederson 2-14.

INTERCEPTIONS — Brandon Eclofe 1-0, Carter 1-5 yds.



Big fourth quarter lifts E-B

Courier sports staff

EDDYVILLE —  The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont football team trailed 15-14 after three quarters but scored 22 fourth-quarter points to take a 36-15 win over Pleasantville in non-district football action to open the season on Friday.

Cory Archer nabbed a pair of touchdown passes from Trevor Swartz for E-B-F while Dalton Brown recovered a fumble for a touchdown and Jeran Glosser and Dillon Pigsley each had fourth-quarter touchdown runs. Glosser finished with 57 of E-B-F’s 130 rushing yards.

Swartz passed for 187 yards, with Pigsley grabbing five catches for 97 yards.

E-B-F (1-0) will host Lynnville-Sully next week.

E-B-F 36, Pleasantville 15

Pleas.     0    7    8    0    —    15

E-B-F        2    0    12    22    —    36

Scoring By Quarters

First Quarter

E-B-F — E-B-F tackle in end zone safety.

Second Quarter

Pleas — Matt Pril 19-yard pass from Hagen Fouch (Kick good)

Third Quarter

E-B-F —  Cory Archer 30-yard pass from  Trevor Swartz (Kick failed)

E-B-F — Dalton Brown 1-yard fumble recovery (Kick failed)

Pleas — Pril 15-yard pass from Fouch (Run goold)

Fourth Quarter

E-B-F —  Cory Archer 5-yard pass from Swartz (Dillon Bigsley pass from Swartz)

E-B-F — Jeran Glosser 2-yard run (Levi Johnson kick)

E-B-F — Dillon Pigsley 13-yard run (Johnson kick)



Oskaloosa falls to Indianola

Courier sports staff

INDIANOLA —  The Oskaloosa football team opened the regular season with a 35-25 loss to Indianola on Friday.

With Osky up 25-21 after three quarters, Indianola punched in a pair of scores in the fourth. Matt Mitchell scored two touchdowns for Indianola while Aaron Johnson rushed for 148 yards.

Osky’s Tyce Sarver scored a pair of touchdowns while Jesse Van Dalen rushed for one touchdown and tossed another to Spencer Medlin.

Osky (0-1) will host Grinnell next Friday.

Indianola 35, Oskaloosa 25

Osky         7    6    12    0    —    25

Indy        0    14    7    14    —    35

Scoring By Quarters

First Quarter

Osky — Jesse Van Dalen 1-yard run (Jonah Renter kick)

Second Quarter

Ind — Matt Mitchell 9-yard run (Drew Jensen kick)

Osky — Tyce Sarver 95-yard kickoff return (Run failed)

Ind — Austin Dittmer 44-yard pass from Cody Smith (Jensen kick)

Third Quarter

Ind — Mitchell 6-yard run (Jensen kick)

Osky — Spencer Medlin 12-yard pass from Van Dalen (Pass failed)

Osky — Sarver 29-yard run (Run failed)

Fourth Quarter

Ind — Smith 1-yard run (Jensen kick)

Ind — Dittmer 21-yard pass from Smith (Jensen kick)

TEAM STATISTICS

                Osky    Ind

First downs    10        22

Rushes-yards    32-102    65-328

Passing yards    69        91

Total Yards    171        419

Comp-Att-Int    4-15-0    4-6-0

Return Yards    158        99

Fumbles-Lost    0-0        3-3

Penalties-Yds    5-34    7-65

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Oskaloosa

RUSHING — Sarver 3-29, Nate Veldhuizen 4-22, Jared Pace 7-12.

PASSING — Van Dalen 4-15-69.

RECEIVING — Sarver 1-44, Medlin 1-12, Austin Redlich 1-6.

TACKLES — Zach Mateer 12, Mitchell Shaffner 11, Keoki Gibson 11.

FUMBLE RECOVERIES — Mateer 2

Indianola

RUSHING — Johnson 16-148 yards.

PASSING — Smith 4-6, 91 yards.

RECEIVING — Dittmer 4-91.



Panthers rout New London, 88-6

PEKIN — The Pekin football squad got their season off to a fantastic start, scoring 41 points in the very first quarter. The Panthers cruised to a season-opening victory over New London in impressive fashion, 88-6, Friday night at Tom Stone Field.

Quentin Garrels led the charge for the Panthers, rushing for 200 yards on 14 carries with almost half going for touchdowns. The senior found the end zone six times in the victory.

Pekin (1-0) heads on the road for the ‘Skunk River’ rivalry at Sigourney-Keota next Friday night.